sweden
Queen Christina and the Swedish Empire ft. Anton
Matt Christman gives us the lay of the land in Central Europe in the period of the 30 Years’ War through reference to the 1971 film The Last Valley.
Legendary Ancestry Claims
We examine how medieval and early modern European nobility imagined their families’ ancestors, the origins of such thinking, and how early nationalist movements came to think along similar lines.
Failed Colonial Ventures of the Americas
The New World gave birth to many colonies we know and love today, but it also birthed some colonies that didn’t quite make it